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** Lastly, near the end of the battle, another one is swatted by the Skullcrawler's tail. That makes seven dead out of a group of five. Yet there are four extra soldiers in the foreground of the same shot, who are clearly not any of the named characters.

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** There's also the dead guy that Conrad takes the gas mask off of.
** Lastly, near the end of the battle, another one is swatted by the Skullcrawler's tail. That makes seven eight dead out of a group of five. Yet there are four extra soldiers in the foreground of the same shot, who at least three of whom are clearly not any of the named characters. characters.
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** Lastly, near the end of the battle, another one is swatted by the Skullcrawler's tail. That makes seven dead out of a group of five. Yet there are three extra soldiers in the foreground of the same shot.

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** Lastly, near the end of the battle, another one is swatted by the Skullcrawler's tail. That makes seven dead out of a group of five. Yet there are three four extra soldiers in the foreground of the same shot.shot, who are clearly not any of the named characters.
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** It's a bit of a blink-and-you'll miss it kind of thing, but after the two groups meet up, you can briefly glimpse one of the soldiers carrying a different, larger backpack than the others, with some small metal bits sticking out of it (and it's not a radio). Furthermore, the soldier that gets impaled by the Mother Longlegs is carrying a couple of metal ammo boxes, quite possibly .50 cal ammo.
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** Lastly, another one is swatted by the Skullcrawler's tail. That makes seven dead out of a group of five. Yet there are three extra soldiers in the foreground.

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** Lastly, near the end of the battle, another one is swatted by the Skullcrawler's tail. That makes seven dead out of a group of five. Yet there are three extra soldiers in the foreground.foreground of the same shot.
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** Another one is swatted by the Skullcrawler's tail. That makes seven out of a group of five.
* And despite this, there's still one RedShirt left to be killed off by Kong splashing napalm water in a later scene. WritersCannotDoMath, anyone? Or am I missing something?

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** Another Lastly, another one is swatted by the Skullcrawler's tail. That makes seven dead out of a group of five.
five. Yet there are three extra soldiers in the foreground.
* And despite this, there's still only one RedShirt left to be in subsequent scenes, killed off by Kong splashing him in napalm water in a later scene.water. WritersCannotDoMath, anyone? Or am I missing something?
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** They most likely did. Theres just no point in hiring actors and filming such a trivial scene when viewers can just assume it occurred offscreen.[[/folder]]

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** They most likely did. Theres just no point in hiring actors and filming such a trivial scene when viewers can just assume it occurred offscreen.[[/folder]]

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* Around the hour-15 mark, after the two groups link up with each other, we see a wide shot of the whole group walking across the horizon. out of the group, there are ten soldiers, these being five named characters, and five RedShirts. Aside from the fact that none of them seem to be carrying the .50 calibre machine gun that is used later, the casualties sustained during the battle in the boneyard don't add up.
** The guy with the flamethrower is swatted away and blown up.
** The machine gunner and one other soldier gets swallowed by the Skullcrawler.
** Three soldiers are seen being attacked, and most likely killed, by the Leafwings.
** Another one is swatted by the Skullcrawler's tail. That makes seven out of a group of five.
* And despite this, there's still one RedShirt left to be killed off by Kong splashing napalm water in a later scene. WritersCannotDoMath, anyone? Or am I missing something?
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** Come ''Film/GodzillaVsKong'', and it’s shown that Kong does knuckle-walk on occasion.
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* Where did all the helicopters come from? In the takeoff scene we see six helicopters lift off: a Chinook from the ship's bow, a Sea Stallion from the stern, and four Hueys from the main deck - as much as there's room for. A few minutes later we see the whole force approaching the island, and now the Chinook and Sea Stallion are accompanied by ten Hueys. No mention is made of a second wave of takeoffs. There isn't time for the crew to bring up a second wave of Hueys from below, then check and launch them. So where did the rest of the Hueys come from?

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* Where did all the helicopters come from? In the takeoff scene we see six helicopters lift off: a Chinook from the ship's bow, a Sea Stallion from the stern, and four Hueys from the main deck - as much as there's room for. A few minutes later we see the whole force approaching the island, and now the Chinook and Sea Stallion are accompanied by ten Hueys. No mention is made of a second wave of takeoffs. There isn't time for the crew to bring up a second wave of Hueys from below, then check and launch them. So where Where did the rest of the Hueys come from?
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* Where did all the helicopters come from? In the takeoff scene we see six helicopters lift off: a Chinook from the ship's bow, a Sea Stallion from the stern, and four Hueys from the main deck - as much as there's room for. A few minutes later we see the whole force approaching the island, and now the Chinook and Sea Stallion are accompanied by ten Hueys. No mention is made of a second wave of takeoffs. There isn't time for the crew to bring up a second wave of Hueys from below, then check and launch them. So where did the rest of the Hueys come from?

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** They most likely did. Theres just no point in hiring actors and filming such a trivial scene when viewers can just assume it occurred offscreen.[[/folder]]
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[[folder: Closure for Gunpei's family]]
* The ending shows Marlow making it back home for the first time in thirty years, but what about his late friend Gunpei? Did anyone think to return his sword to his family and grant them closure about his ultimate fate?
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**Tbh I strongly like to believe that the Iwi natives found him and raised him until he got big enough to fend for himself.
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** Apes' hands are designed for knuckle-walking, so they're very good at locking their proximal phalanges into a half-extended position and keeping them there under heavy compression. Kong doesn't knuckle-walk, but presumably his non-giant ape ancestors would have, so he's probably just as good at striking with his knuckles as with his fully-closed fists. Hence, no need to squeeze Weaver against his palm while pounding on the Big One.

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** Apes' hands are designed for knuckle-walking, so they're very good at locking their proximal phalanges into a half-extended position and keeping them there under heavy compression. Kong doesn't knuckle-walk, but presumably presumably, his non-giant ape ancestors would have, so he's probably just as good at striking with his knuckles as with his fully-closed fists. Hence, no need to squeeze Weaver against his palm while pounding on the Big One.



** Panic and shock at seeing a giant ape attacking them? Even though these guys survived the Vietnam War and thus saw some messed up shit, seeing an ape the size of a building suddenly attacking them likely caught them off guard.



* How did the Iwi tribesemen manage to create 3-dimensional complex art from a set of planks/rocks that require a specific perspective/position to see the image?

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* How did the Iwi tribesemen tribesmen manage to create 3-dimensional complex art from a set of planks/rocks that require a specific perspective/position to see the image?
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** Most likely, they just had someone stand at a specified distance from the array of planks and make a sketch on very thin-scraped animal hide, then had each individual plank or rock painted in match. All it would take to get the proportions right is one person pointing at where they think the top and bottom of that plank/rock's painting belongs, and another to say "No, extend the top a little more and move the lower end up..."

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** Most likely, they just had someone stand at a specified distance from the array of planks and make a sketch on very thin-scraped and oiled animal hide, which is semi-transparent, then had each individual plank or rock painted in match. All it would take to get the proportions right is one person pointing at where they think the top and bottom of that plank/rock's painting belongs, and another to say "No, extend the top a little more and move the lower end up..."
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** Most likely, they just had someone stand at a specified distance from the array of planks and make a sketch on very thin-scraped animal hide, then had each individual plank or rock painted in match. All it would take to get the proportions right is one person pointing at where they think the top and bottom of that plank/rock's painting belongs, and another to say "No, extend the top a little more and move the lower end up..."

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* How did the tribesemen manage to create 3-dimensional complex art from a set of planks/rocks that require a specific perspective/position to see the image?

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* How did the Iwi tribesemen manage to create 3-dimensional complex art from a set of planks/rocks that require a specific perspective/position to see the image?


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** Isn't perspective a modern concept? Or did the Iwi paint on a set of planks and then set them apart, which would be simple but distinct style?
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**Are you suggesting perspective is an invention of the modern world? Nothing about those artworks looks to be beyond their technology or knowledge.

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